Bulgaria
latest news & developmentsCongo-Brazzaville’s repressive government buys secret weapons haul from Azerbaijan
For several years, the Republic of the Congo has been quietly buying an arsenal from Azerbaijan, with the latest cache arriving before next month’s election
Bulgaria fan arrested for racially abusing Sterling
Sterling, who has been a campaigner in the fight against racism, was the subject of discriminatory language during the first half of the match
Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova murdered
Viktoria Marinova is the third high-profile journalist to be killed in the European Union in the past year, and the fourth since the start of 2017
Making scents: Seduced by sweet, shy roses
An African hand helping to preserve a fragile and dignified business – rose harvesting.
Suicide bomber attacks tourist bus in Bulgaria
A suicide bomber dressed as a tourist has carried out the attack on Israeli tourists that killed seven people at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport.
‘Vampire’ skeletons dug up in Bulgaria
Archaeologists have unearthed two skeletons from the Middle Ages pierced through the chest with iron rods to keep them from turning into vampires.
‘Ghetto Hope’: Music opens doors to gypsy children
In Bulgaria’s Sliven gypsy ghetto, 15 local boys prepare for band practice and take a break from the poverty-stricken life of the slum outside.
How do you quote that? Fined coach turns mime artist
Basketball coach Konstantin Papazov conducted a post-match interview in mime after the domestic federation fined him for his outspoken comments.
In eastern Europe, people pine for socialism
In the dense forests of the idyllic Danube island of Persin lie the ghastly remains of a communist-era death camp.
Bulgaria anti-govt protest turns into riot
Dozens of protesters clashed with police in Bulgaria’s capital on Wednesday when an anti-government rally turned into a riot, police said.
Russia halts gas supplies to Europe
Bulgaria ‘in a crisis situation’ as Russia suspends all supplies to south-east Europe
Bulgarian winemakers pin hopes on quality
Wines from the Balkan country have been known more for quantity than quality, and Bulgaria now accounts for only 0,6% of world production.
Bulgarian nurses still haunted by Libyan nightmare
Five Bulgarian nurses and a doctor who spent eight years of their lives in a Libyan jail, much of it on death row, are still haunted by their torture.
About 60 arrested at Bulgaria’s first gay parade
Bulgarian riot police detained about 60 far-right extremists on Saturday who threw a petrol bomb and tried to break up the country’s first gay parade.
Bulgarian pop diva keeps flame burning for Castro
Yordanka Hristova was once called ”the bride of all Cubans” and was so popular on Fidel Castro’s island that Cuban families named their daughters after her. Forty years on, the…